Still, the Big Apple in Pete’s world is hardly the civil-war-torn demilitarized zone of the Vertigo series. And this is Peter Parker, so his sacking must be for the greater good, right? Right!

Turns out Pete loses his job working for Mayor J. Jonah Jameson (yeah, that sounds stupid as ever) saving JJJ and the rest of New York City and chucking his photography career in the process. Because we all know that with great power comes Marvel’s great responsibility to make Pete’s life suck.

Hit the jump for more, including pretty cover art.

“Peter Parker’s been through some rough times lately, with all of his deadliest foes returning, and he couldn’t lose his job at a worse time,” says senior editor Steve Wacker in the Marvel press info. “He’s going to struggle with unemployment and trying to save the city while he can barely afford to keep a roof over his head.”

Pete’s pink slip days begin in this week’s “Amazing Spider-Man” No. 623 and continue in March 10’s “Amazing Spider-Man” No. 624. Mark Waid writes, so it should be good — even if like his Electro arc this latest economic sign-of-the-times story seems a few months too late. But hey, this isn’t the real world, right?

BTW, Pete, I have the answer to all your financial woes in three letters: TMZ. Hey, beats “DMZ,” don’t it?

Oh, and below is the quite gorgeous cover to “Amazing” No. 623 by Michael Lark.

See? Told ya it was nice.

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